Chicken tonic

[MotherOfChickens]

There are loads available but one that has some data behind it and one I rate is Orego-Stim. Mine get it going through moult and any other time I feel they might need it-unseasonably bad weather for example (Scotland!) and I also increase their protein by feeding peas from moult through the winter (Mashams flaked but any peas will do) .

Respite Poultry and Game tonic is also useful (although since using the above I've not bothered with it) but has a short shelf life.

And don't undervalue worming, even if your hens free range and you see no signs of worms its worth doing-Marriages does pellets with flubenvet (the only licensed poultry wormer in the UK and the only one to do all worms) already mixed in. Keep the hens space limited for 7 days and feed the pellets-mine are done 2 or three times a year.

 

[Leo Walker]

I'm sure its just a coincidence but poultry spice brings mine into lay every time. Its cheap enough and they love it so much I dont mind buying it even if it doesnt nothing really.

 

[Clodagh]

I use Oregano oil in their water if they are a bit under the weather, and cider viegar one week in four anyway, probably upsetting to you scientists but I think that the acidity in the gut benefits from a change.
Definately marriages pellets for the garden hens, I don't for the yard ones...me bad!
My worst thing is red mite, a constant battle in my ageing hen houses. Tuesday is creosote day.
I feed wheat and maize as a scratch feed in winter, straight wheat in summer.
Breeders pellets are great, and when I was more commercial I always used to put theb breeding pens on them when I put them under lights for early laying..
That is beyond what you mentioned!
I can't remember what my oregano oil is called, am having a mental blank andI left it by the tap and the label fell off.

 

[MotherOfChickens]

yeah, i used breeders pellets when breeding-the ducks get waterfowl specific breeders pellets.

 

[Leo Walker]

I use indorex for red mite and it works really well. That and some ant powder on the floor.

 

[Clodagh]

I do keep the red mite under control, but rotten wood and felt is a happy dwelling place for them.
I creosote twice a year, the perch ends monthly, and put red mite powder in the bedding, of which they have very little.